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Joseph Anthony Hooven Jr. (1915–1996) was a Camden police detective who graduated Camden Catholic High School in 1933 with a Villanova scholarship, joined the Camden Police Department in 1940, and rose to Detective Sergeant by December 1957.
Walter Dayton Eastlack (1889–1964) was a Camden firefighter who served 29 years with the Camden Fire Department, from his appointment on March 3, 1925 to his retirement on March 15, 1954.
John H. Carroll (1861–1932) operated Carroll's Hotel and saloon at South 3rd and Cherry streets in Camden, ran a horse-and-wagon stable and an excavating business that graded Yorkship Village, and was a longtime Fifth Ward Republican committeeman.
Physician, pharmacist, and Camden's first Medical Inspector; later Health Director and chief school physician who shaped public-school health care in Camden for a generation.
Joint Alley, also known as Joint Street, was a one-block alley in South Camden running east from South 3rd to South 4th Street, between Spruce and Walnut Streets. It first appears in city directories in 1850; only six houses remained by 1947, and no buildings stand there today.
Dauphin Street runs south from Line Street across Pine Street to Division Street, between South 4th and South 5th Streets in South Camden. Originally called Kaighn Street, it was renamed in January 1882.
August Joseph Hiller Sr. was a prominent figure in Camden, New Jersey's German-American community during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was actively involved in organizations such as the Camden Liedertafel, the Turn Verein, and Ss.
Coates Street is a one-block street in Camden's Bergen Square neighborhood, running from Spruce Street to Division Street.
Coates Alley is a short street in Camden that originally ran parallel to Broadway and South 5th Street from Cherry Street north across Spruce Street to Division Street. Today it is one block long, running from Spruce Street to Division Street.
Burns Street was in Camden's Poet's Row neighborhood, named for Robert Burns. Three blocks of row homes built in the 1890s, all destroyed in the catastrophic Poet's Row fire of August 1972.
George Frost was the son of Andrew and Christiana Frost, both of whom were born in what is now Germany.
Harry J. Burrichter was born in 1877 in New Jersey to Henry J. and Katherine Burrichter. In 1880, the family lived at 929 Broadway , where Henry Burrichter operated a grocery store.
Spring Street in South Camden dates to at least 1850 and was mapped by 1891 running north-south from Clinton Street, between Second and Front Streets; its planned extension south to Walnut Street was obstructed.
Carbon Street, also known as Carbine Street and Carbon Court, runs south from 1010 Spruce Street in Camden. By 1932 all but one of its homes belonged to the nearby Home for Friendless Children, and no homes are listed after the 1943 City Directory.
Carman Street ran from Broadway to South 8th Street downtown and, across the Cooper River, from 15th Street through East Camden to Woodrow Wilson High School at 31st Street. It is apparently named for William Carman, whose home at Broadway and Federal Street stood until 1902.
Howell Street runs through East Camden from 20th Street to 30th Street, parallel to the Pavonia railroad tracks. Homes were built by the 1880s, and several businesses operated here during Camden's industrial years, including Nick's Auto Parts and the Pavonia Ice & Coal Company. The first Catholic parish in East Camden, St. Joseph Church, stood at 25th and Howell Street.
Douglass Street is a narrow, one-block thoroughfare in South Camden running south from Spruce Street to Cherry Street, between South 7th and South 8th Streets. Originally known as Lincoln Avenue, it was renamed after the 1899 annexation of the Town of Stockton.
Erie Street in North Camden runs from Beach Avenue to 9th Street, crossing Delaware Avenue, Point, Front, Segal, and the numbered streets 2nd through 9th.
The following is derived from George Reeser Prowell's History of Camden County, New Jersey published in 1886 Macedonia Methodist Episcopal Church of Camden is situated on Spruce Street , below Third .
Bella Place is an L-shaped court that once had nine houses running north from 751 Spruce Street, connecting via a narrow alley to 754 Division Street; as of 2004, the houses are gone.
Beckett Street, named for Henry and Mary Beckett who owned land in South Camden around 1853, originally ran from Front Street to West Street. After 1947 the eastern portion was demolished for an industrial building; today it runs only from South 3rd Street to West Street.
Baxter Street (formerly Newton Street and locally known as "Hog Alley") ran from South 7th Street to Mount Ephraim Avenue in South Camden, notorious for decades as a hub of illegal activity; largely demolished, the 700 block survives as an overgrown alley.
Clare Street is a one-block thoroughfare in South Camden, running from Pine Street to Division Street. Originally called Pine Avenue, it was renamed Clare Street between 1878 and 1890, then later renamed Jesthroe Hunt Sr. Lane in honor of a Camden firefighter who passed away in 2005.
Sycamore Street is one of Camden's "tree" streets, originally running east from Front Street to Haddon Avenue; its intersections at 7th, 8th and Louis Streets were hubs for different ethnic and cultural communities.
Locust Street ran south from Beckett Street to Mechanic Street between South 2nd and South 3rd Streets in Camden; its 700 block was known as Oak Street until about 1883 and its 600 block as John Street in the 1870s. Homes and businesses disappeared block by block after World War II, and the last structure, at 1128 Locust, was razed after a fire in 2010.
Joint Street, formerly Joint Alley, was a one-block street in South Camden, NJ, running from South 3rd to South 4th Street; now devoid of buildings.
Roy R. Stewart was born in Quakake, PA, a small mining town, in 1887. During his youth, he worked as a breaker boy in the mines.
Mickle Street, also known as Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, is a major east-west road in Camden, named for John W. Mickle, a Federal Street Ferry organizer with a large stake in the Camden and Amboy Railroad.
The Broadway Trust Company, a bank built before World War I at 938-944 Broadway in Camden, New Jersey, operated until shortly after the 1929 crash.
Fourth Street, one of Camden's original streets, ran with few interruptions from Chelton Avenue in South Camden north to Pyne Point in North Camden. City-directory records, photographs, advertisements and newspaper clippings for every block from the 2000 block of South 4th Street to the 1000 block of North 4th Street.
2nd Street extends north-south between Front Street and 3rd Street, running parallel to the Delaware River until Mechanic Street. In the early 1970s, several buildings were cleared on the east side of North 2nd Street below Mickle Street to make way for the Royal Court townhomes and Mickle Tower senior citizens apartment building.
Langham Avenue runs south through Parkside from Walnut Street to Baird Avenue; in the decades after World War I it was home to many prominent members of Camden's Jewish community.
Berkley Street was originally spelled Berkeley Street, named for Lord Berkeley, who co-owned the colony of New Jersey from 1664 to 1674. East of Broadway it was known as Hamilton Street until 1882. This page covers occupants from the 200 block through the 3000 block.
ROCCO FRANK ABBOTT was born in Philadelphia on September 21, 1893 to Frank and Maria Abbatto. By 1910 his family had moved to Camden, New Jersey. Rocco Abbott lived with his parents at 910 South 3rd Street. His older brother Antonio, a tailor, lived around the corner at 302 Spruce Street. The 1914 Camden City Director indicates that the family had Americanized their last name from Abbatto to Abbott. Rocco Abbott was still living at 910 South 3rd Street at that time.
Vincent Ariel Tydeman was born in New Jersey on August 24, 1883, to Edmund and Sarah Tydeman, who emigrated from England to the U.S. in 1878 with their nine children. The Tydemans welcomed another child, Florence, just before the 1880 census.
Frank F. Neutze Sr., born on December 22, 1894, in Camden, New Jersey, to Harry and Mary Neutze, was part of the Ferdinand Neutze family, known for their diverse professional involvements in Camden during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Fifth Street was one of Camden's original streets, running south to north, with a few major interruptions, from Newton Avenue to just west of Pyne Point in North Camden.
Camden firefighters worked four all-hands fires and two second alarms over a 24-hour tour in June 2006, culminating in an explosion and collapse at 620 Sycamore Street where a badly burned woman was rescued from the second floor.
Sterling M. Beverly, 45, of 723 North 10th Street, Camden, died December 3, 1975. Survived by wife Mary E. Beverly and four children.
A Camden fire pumper from Engine 1, answering a mattress fire, collided with an automobile and crashed through the front of an insurance office at Broadway and Pine Streets, injuring firemen, a passerby and the car's occupants and leaving the building condemned.
Three Engine Company 8 hosemen, including Clarence Hawkins of 1570 Park Boulevard, were sickened by fumes after police used a carbon tetrachloride extinguisher on a mattress fire on Walnut Street.
Herman O'Neal, 41, of 139 Spruce Street was seriously injured on Kaighns Avenue near Locust Street by a hit-and-run driver; Det. Sgt. Joseph Hooven of the accident division described the car sought.
Cooper and West Jersey hospital cases reported in the Camden Courier-Post of February 15, 1956, including Christine Whye of 1017 Kaighns Avenue, treated for dog bites of the face.
Camden detectives returned about $4360 in stolen goods to burglary victims at City Hall in April 1952 and held parolee George Wilmer as the suspected daytime "phantom burglar."
Hospital Cases, Camden Courier-Post, November 27, 1950: Cooper and West Jersey hospital admissions, including Robert Flippen, 19, of 710 Bailey street, injured leg.
Camden Courier-Post - August 12, 1950 Five recently-appointed policemen and four firemen were sworn in today by Public Safety Commissioner Aaron in his City Hall office.
Camden Courier-Post - August 1, 1950 Replacements Listed For 8 on Pensions, One Resignation Director of Public Safety Aaron this afternoon announced the appointment of five new patrolmen and four new firemen. All are War II veterans.
A 60-year-old South Camden woman, Mrs. Lillian Heard, suffered a broken left arm battling two youths who stole her purse on Broadway near Liberty street while she was on her way to church.
By GEORGE ZACHARIAS As they prepared to take John Brennan on his last ride, Rocco Auletto , known to the fight world as Roxie Allen , was held in $5000 bail for further arraignment next Friday and detectives spread the dragnet for five men believed implicated in the gangland execution at 17th and Rittenhouse Streets.
Page 29 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for Algo Welding Co., M. Lasala & Co. tailoring at 508 Broadway, Malatesta's Parkway Villa and the Victoria Bar & Grill, around an installment of the parish history telling how the Pavonia Mission began holding Mass in Wright's Hall in 1892.